Oil-tank wagon



(No Model.)

A. G. WYETH & W. M. McOULLY. 01 TANK WAGON.

No. 458,610. Patented Sept. 1, 18.91.

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS G. \VYETH AND \VILLTAM M. MCCULLY, OF NEYVARK, OHIO.

OIL-TANK WAGON.

$PEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 458,610, dated September 1, 1891.

Application filed May 20, 1891. Serial No. 393,395. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that we, AUGUSTUS G. WYETH and "WILLIAM M. MOCULLY, citizens of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oil- Tank Wagons, of which the following is a specification.

Ourinvention relatesto improvements in oiltank wagons used in handling and distributing petroleum and other oils to retail consumers and small buyers; and the objects of the improvement are to provide a side rack containing compartments for holding individual oil cans or tanks upon or at the side of the usual large or main tank of the wagon, and to furnish a convenient end box wherein the oil is drawn from the wagon-tank into cans or other measures for delivery. WVe attain these objects by the constructions illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters refer to like parts.

Figure 1 is a side view of part of framework of wagon, oiltank thereon, the side-rack can-holder, and end box. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of Fig. 1 at 2, showing cans in position in the side rack. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the side-rack can-holder. Fig. 4 is a view of end box.

The frame-work of the wagon upon which the oil-tank rests is made up of usual sillpieces a, Figs. 1 and 2, with framed crosspieces, including the cross-bar b and springbar 0. These latter bars b and 0 may extend through or outside of the sill-piece a, so as to hold securely the side rack when such side rack is large and wide, as is the case when it is made to hold large cans. To aid in sup porting the side rack upon the wagon, a wood spool yis inserted between the cross-bar and the side rack, through which spool, cross-bar, and some portion of the side rack a bolt 2' passes, securing the side rack to the wagonframe. The side rack may be further so secured by other bolts or screws.

The side rack or compartment can-holder is made up of a frame-work of wood, consisting of the upright pieces at d, &c., and crosspieces 6 e, (350., to which are secured horizontal panels or boards f f, &c., forming the back and the bottom of the rack, and the board or sill g in front and the triangular end boards h 71 The construction of the side rack is not limited to the particular pieces and forms mentioned, but such is the essential make-up of the same, by which compartments between the several sets of uprights and cross-pieces (land 6 are provided for the holding of individual oil-cans and keeping the same independent of each other. Secured and pivoted to the parts (1 d or h lb of the side rack is an iron rod or tube 45, bent into a long bail and adapted to fall outside the cans when the same are in place in the side rack, and by thus resting against the cans holds them in place. This rod may have thereon a rubber tubing j, corrugated or otherwise, adding to its efficiency in holding the cans and preventing injury thereto and noise. This rod 2' is easily raised when a can is to be removed from the side rack or placed therein.

The end box, Fig. 4., is made up of a framework 7c 70 7a, with side panels or sides Z Z and back an. Through an opening 0 in the back an the draw-off connections from the oiltank pass into the end box. A top 19 of the box opens upon hinges against the rear end of the tank, and the front or drop q of the box opens down on hinges, affording when so opened a table upon which to rest cans or measures while filling. This door q is held in its dropped position in a horizontal position by the hinged braces or stays r'r. These stays may have concealed joints 8 s. The lid 19 is provided with a spring-latch t, adapted to close over a piece of steel or iron 16 upon the drop q when the two are closed together, securing the box closed when the wagon is being driven. Upon the drop (1 is a bar o, adapted to pass through a holew in the lid 19 when closed down, andis perforated to receive a padlock, so that the end box can be securely locked when desired. The end box is secured to the rear frame-work of the wagon by bolts.

Having described our invention, What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In an oil-tank wagon, the side rack herein described, having compartments therein adapted to hold individual oil cans, combined and secured to the frame-work of the oil-tank IGG wagon at the side of the oil-tank thereon, all substantially as set forth.

2. In an oil-tank wagon, the side rack herein described, having compartments therein adapted to hold individualoil-cans and having the bail i, adjusted and adapted to hold such cans in position within such side rack, all substantially as described.

3. In an oil-tank wagon, the end box herein described, having the lid p and the drop q, hinged to the bottom of said box, and having the jointed stays 1' 1', adapted to hold said drop (1 in a horizontal posit-ion when dropped, and having the opening 0 in theback thereof adapted to pass the draw-off connections, said end box being combined with the frame-work of the oil-tank wagon at the rear end thereof, all substantially as described.

4. The combination, in an oil-tank wagon,

of the side rack herein described, having cornpartments to receive and hold individual cans and secured at the side of the oil-tank upon the frame-work of the wagon, and the end box herein described, having the drop q and stays 'r 4" and secured to the rear end of the frame-work of the oil-tank wagon, all cornbined and arranged substantially as set forth.

AUGUSTUS G. VVYETH. NVILLIAM M. MCCULLY. \Vitnesses:

NOAH ANDUGG, CHARLES SAXTON. 

